Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, and Beaufort and Chukchi seas; 1897 March 30-1899 March 4; Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and white whale), seals, and walrus seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, indigenous people, mutiny, and punishment at sea; and pencil sketches of whales. Other places represented include Saint Lawrence Island, Port Clarence, and Dutch Harbor; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 912); Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H.
In the collection of the
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
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